#20 - The Bungled Assassinations of Alexander Litvinenko (Mayfair, London, W1))

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Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast

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🗓️ 22 February 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On 1st November 2006, Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was assassinated in the heart of London’s West End, by two of Russia’s top assassins, using one of the most bizarre and deadliest poisons ever, and yet, from day one, his brutal murder was a textbook case of incompetence.

Date: Wednesday 1st November 2006
Location: The MIllennium Hotel (Grosvenor Square), Mayfair, London, W1
Victims: 1 (Alexander Litvinenko)
Culprit: Andrey Lugovoy & Dimitri Kovtun

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0:00.0	Welcome to Murder Mile.
0:11.1	A true crime podcast and audio-guided walk
0:14.2	featuring many of London's untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murders,
0:20.0	all set within one square mile of the West End.
0:23.6	Today's episode is about the bungled assassination attempts of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko,
0:33.6	whose truly incompetent murderers left a deadly trail of lethal poison all across London's West End.
0:44.2	Murder Mile contains grisly details which may offend, as well as realistic sounds,
0:50.8	so that no matter where you listen to this podcast,
0:56.7	you'll feel like you're actually there.
1:00.1	My name is Michael.
1:02.5	I am your tour guide,
1:05.7	and this is Murder Mile.
1:09.2	Episode 20 The Bungled Assassinations of Alexander Litvinenko.
1:20.0	Today I'm on Shasbury Avenue.
1:24.4	Not the shit bit of Shasbury Avenue, but the really tacky bit wedged between Soho and Chinatown,
1:31.3	just shy of Piccadilly Circus, where every day you'll see a slew of easily duped tourists
1:39.3	who have either forked out a hundred pounds each to sit for six hours on a rainy open-top bus, to take
1:45.8	blurry photos of Buckingham Palace as they whizz past at 40 miles an hour. Sightseers in
1:52.7	transparent ponchos, with eight cameras around their necks and a bum bag full of cash, who
1:58.3	struggle with an oversized map and might as well be holding a sign
2:02.1	which says mug me, and flocks of feckless overseas students with matching backpacks and no money,
2:10.4	who simply take up space, talk too loud, and let's be honest, shoplift. As well as idiots with selfie sticks, half-wits with Harrod's bags,
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